Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.

A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.